high praise; great admiration; rave reviews
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
being absorbed in; losing oneself in; losing control of oneself
to be fickle; to be frivolous; to be flippant; to be flighty; to be giddy; to be restless
information; (brief) notice; letting someone know; first report; initial report
oh, OK; oh, I see; oh, yeah?; hmm
to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against
to have tears in one's eyes; to be moved to tears
to drink oneself dead drunk; to drink oneself unconscious
prognostic symptoms; after-effect
strongly; violently; quickly; suddenly
to backfire; to have a harmful result
to choke; to be choked by; to be stifled by
(wet) cough; (sound of) coughing
coughing; hacking cough; thundering; drumming
being about to cry; the verge of tears
to eat up (completely); to put down (a rebellion); to suppress; (arch.) to make flat; (arch.) to level out
autumn sky; clear blue autumnal sky
autumn colours; fall colors; leaves turning red; red leaves; leaves turning yellow; yellow leaves; (Japanese) maple (Acer japonicum)
being on stage without respite; performing continuously; staying out the entire time; being in attendance continuously (e.g. at a meeting)
way of reciting; way of telling a story
pitch; tone; time; tempo; mood; tendency
to yearn for (someone, something); to miss
to count on one's fingers; to count down the days (in anticipation); to look forward to
rock (music); rock; boulder; on the rocks
common fig (Ficus carica); fig; fig tree
classical music; classic; classical; classic (work); the classics
youth; springtime of life; adolescent
bottom layer; undermost layer; lowest (societal) class; bottom (economic) stratum; lowest caste
flowers and fruit; blossom and fruit; name and reality; form and content; appearance and substance
anecdote; brief (comic) story
big hit; smash hit; popular item (e.g. movie, music)
bowstring; string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.); bail (arched pot handle); diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu
to be jealous of; to envy; to begrudge
shady; underhanded; questionable
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
puncture; flat tyre (tire); blowout; bursting; overflowing; being jammed (e.g. phone lines)
to settle (a problem); to put an end to (a dispute); to be disposed of; to be settled; to come to an end
to see without obstruction; to see through; to forecast; to predict; to anticipate